Garlic Roasted Potato Skins

Name: Garlic Roasted Potato Skins
Prep time: 3 d 3 h
Cook time: 3 d 3 h
Total time: 3 d 3 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons black pepper; 1 small head garlic (2 inches in diameter); 8 servings Accompaniment: onion and spinach dip; 1 kilograms russet (baking) potatoes (6 to 8 medium; preferably organic); 1 teaspoon salt; 6 Tbsps 3/4 stick unsalted butter, softened

Need a gluten free and vegetarian hor d'oeuvre? Garlic Roasted Potato Skins could be an amazing recipe to try. This recipe makes 8 servings with 237 calories, 5g of protein, and 9g of fat each. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have salt, butter, accompaniment: onion and spinach dip, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 75 hours.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

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Oven

Prick each potato once or twice with a fork.

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Potato

Cut off and discard top fourth of garlic head, then wrap garlic tightly in foil.

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Garlic

Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Bake garlic and potatoes on same rack in lower third of oven until potatoes are tender, 50 minutes to 1 hour.

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Potato

Garlic

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Oven

Remove potatoes from oven and cool on a metal rack 15 minutes. Continue to bake garlic until tender, about 15 minutes more, then cool in foil on rack.

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Potato

Garlic

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Oven

Aluminum Foil

While garlic cools, halve potatoes lengthwise, then quarter each half (to form short wedges). Scoop out potato flesh (reserving it for another use), leaving 1/4-inch-thick potato skins.

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Potato

Garlic

Increase oven temperature to 425°F.

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Oven

Squeeze garlic into a small bowl, discarding garlic skins, and mash to a paste with butter, salt, and pepper using a fork.

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Butter

Garlic

Pepper

Salt

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Bowl

Divide garlic paste among potato skins (about 1/2 teaspoon each), spreading evenly, then roast skins in a large shallow baking pan (1 inch deep) until golden and crisp, 20 to 25 minutes.

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Garlic Paste

Potato

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Baking Pan

• Potato skins can be scooped out and spread with garlic paste (but not baked) 1 day ahead and chilled, loosely covered with foil. Bring to room temperature before baking.

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Garlic Paste

Potato

Spread